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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1931
Page
3
Chicago authorities probe the arsenic deaths linked to Margaret Summers as coroner expands inquiry to 19 men including five former husbands. Police seized bottles and a family bible in a rooming house as investigators seek full evidence before a possible trial.
Dillon Bureau reports six students at Montana State Normal college will be initiated into Delta Psi Omega for meritorious dramatics work. Inductees include Barbara Tower, William Anderson, Libby, Leo Musburger, Helen Dean, Albert Comer, Elizabeth Hopkins. Gargoyles society banquet at Country Inn drew 45 attendees. eleven pledges initiated and eight members joined the Jeweled Masque.
Telegram from Bedford Virginia announced the death of George W Sutliffe 73 a longtime Butte resident who came to Montana in the early 1880s. He worked at a California brewery and Harmon saloon before opening a cigar store on East Broadway. He married twice and leaves a son in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania and a sister. Funeral details not received but burial planned in Bloomsburg.
The executive committee sets a noncontroversial agenda for the three day meeting here. Governors listed include Dern Utah Parnell Arkansas Emmerson and others with Norman Case as chairman and Carey Hardee as conference secretary. Governor Leslie hosts the event.
Merida May 31 Eduardo Martinez Canton government archaeologist announced the discovery of a Maya temple sealed within the El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza near here. His party uncovered a huge chamber with a central stone platform three feet high likely an altar for Maya priests. only a gold ring and several stone buttons remained of value.
The article details clashes over store door delivery powered by rail interests seeking to curb barge competition on the Mississippi. It notes Filipino competition affecting dairy and other sectors, calls for regulation of new carriers, and compares rail union fears to early industrial resistance to new machinery.
Under Ivar Kreuger direction International Match Co sees shares rise from 8.77 in 1929 to 8.90 last year and net earnings exceed 200 000. 1930 earnings reach 20 923 626 after writedowns and allocations. Earned surplus tops 71 million with new monopolies secured in several countries including South America.
The Soneng organization outlines taxation as the central theme for its upcoming business session, focusing on policy implications and member guidance.
Lawrence church hosted the ordination day as Father Martin Gilmore, a Gonzaga alumnus and Butte native, offered his first Mass with Deacon Topal and Subdeacon O'Brien assisting. An extended celebration followed with a 40 hours devotion, a luncheon, and a Finlen hotel banquet.
An American financial expert travels to Medellin Colombia to examine the finances of the Antioquia department. The observer aims to understand regional budgeting revenue and expenditure patterns and assess fiscal management practices.
Montana State Normal college announces French courses beginning next fall. The program spans 12 quarters worth four credits each, with degree students able to major or minor. Elementary and intermediate French will run annually, while advanced French and French literature rotate every other year.
Funeral services for Jay B Holtz prominent Dillon man who died of exposure on the John Peterson ranch near Jackson were held this afternoon from the Masonic hall. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery conducted under the auspices of the Dillon Masonic fraternity
May 31 Dillon residents spent the double holiday out of town, many visiting relatives while others fished streams and lakes. Weather was ideal for outings and picnics over the two day break.
Austin Parnell of Monida visited Dillon. Mrs. Harry Horsely and sons Jack and Warren Thiel of Soda Springs are guests of Mrs. Edna Emerick. Ida Sunday leaves for Billings to make her home. Leslie Smith family visiting friends in Pocatello. J J Long from Grant, Montana, in town. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Baker at Warren Shawl in Fishtrap. Josephine Wonderly of Butte staying with aunt Ann Graham.
A list of Montana residents visiting in various Montana towns is shown, naming pairs and individuals from Helena Missoula Butte Billings Great Falls Kalispell Livingston Showdown include Roy Mitchell Lloyd Thompson J W Hay B G Gostin J Blair G Burkovatz Roy A Nelson H R Hamilton Edward Atchison C J Lofgren and others across Helena Butte Kalispell Missoula Dillon Baker Roth Nelson.
Miss Mignon Tadsen of Forsyth Warden of the Montana Rebekah assembly I O F will pay an official visit to Deborah Rebekah lodge in Anaconda. A special program and banquet are planned with degree work preceding the event. A committee led by Eleanor Kinney Elizabeth Ashlock Lennie Lacy Sadie Karns Nora Shanklin Nellie Brown Tena Madsen and Carrie Staton prepared arrangements for a large crowd expected tomorrow evening.
Anaconda residents learn that the city council will meet in regular session at city hall to discuss several matters. The county board will convene at the courthouse, while city and county tax deadlines loom with penalties for late payment. Treasurer Annie Glenn Asp Holm reports good tax receipts thus far and full income details forthcoming.
Many Butte and Anaconda residents attended a sacred concert at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. A joint choir from both churches performed an elaborate program with solos and special numbers.
May 31 brief notes Mrs N. 8. Dondelinger leaves for Seattle to visit relatives. Walter Gillespie arrives from Moscow Idaho to spend vacation in Anaconda. Walter Sewell Jr. of Butte visits friends. John O Keefe and Tom Garvey visit in Butte. Miss Jane Moore and Miss Marian Reynolds spend day in Butte. Lorenz family listed in Butte. Schloss church at Torgua Hessen, likely Germany's first Protestant church, to be restored as a Reformation memorial.
Miss Doris Pears daughter of Mr and Mrs J F E Pears of Deer Lodge and John T Marsh of Anaconda were married at the Pears home 101 Fifth street at 10 30 this morning Rev F C Phelps officiated The bride wore pale pink organdy with Alice blue sash and Ophelia roses A breakfast followed and the couple left for a honeymoon in Spokane and coast cities They will reside in Anaconda.
More than 350 guests attended the Colbert and Hirst hall event to crown Miss Helen Pierce queen of the junior prom. Senior attendants included Gretchen Middling, Vivian Spayde, Alice Brennan, Margaret Collins and princes Nick Bielenberg, Tolvo Ylinen, Bill Lintz, George Nelson. Junior attendants listed as Thelma Fleromen, Thais Poe, Leona Jarrett, Dorothy Smith with Robert Holt among the princesses.
Chicago May 31 Consolidation of management operation traffic and sales of four airlines flying 12,000,000 miles annually was announced by F B Rentchler head of United Aircraft and Transport. Lines include National Air Transport Boeing Air Transport Pacific Air Transport Varney Air Lines. New alignment will have P G Johnson as president of the group. The 120 planes cover 32,000 miles daily over 6110 miles of improved airways carrying 60 percent of the nation’s air mail. The lineup promises coast to coast service in 28 hours with links between Great Lakes and Southwest Northwest regions.
Deer Lodge notes record social visits from Butte and Missoula residents over Memorial Day weekend. Guests include Miss Mary Ellen Kelley, Miss Bernadine Knachel, Kenneth Hoskins, Lyle Christy, Miss Alma Phelan, and Mrs. Rosa B. Wood. A Milwaukee railway worker, T Morimoto, died after illness in St Joseph's hospital. Edith Sears returns from Boise. Mrs Donnan Schaeffer and daughter Patricia Ann Schaeffer visit Deer Lodge.
J. W. Corwin vice president of Park City State Bank was elected president of group seven of Montana’s Bankers association at Hunters’ Hot Springs meeting. T. J. Wegner cashier of National Park Bank of Liv was named vice president and Harry Grant secretary.
A recent report notes Japan shipped about 400 thousand dollars worth of toys abroad in the current month. Toy makers and distributors represent the bulk of these exports, with markets likely in North America and Europe.
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